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Brendan F. Boyle

Brendan F. Boyle

Democratic · PA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

12 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2015

  • background Born February 6, 1977; a member of the Democratic Party
  • role Served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (District 170) from 2009 to 2015
  • role Represented Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 2015 to 2019
  • role Has represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district (entirely within Philadelphia) since 2019
  • role Ranking member of the U.S. House Committee on the Budget since January 2023

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 95.7%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 633 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 21
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 308 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 21 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 95%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 433 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 5%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 4
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 2
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Brendan F. Boyle. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

95.7%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (633 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 633 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (14)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House PA-02 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,451,958 raised
  • $729,723 spent
  • $5,560,518 cash on hand
$2.45M
$1.47M
$495.12K
Itemized (≥ $200)$476.71K
Unitemized (< $200)$18.41K
Other committees (PACs)$970.78K
Transfers from other committees$167.06K
Offsets to expenditures$2.92K
Other receipts$816.07K
$729.72K
Operating expenditures$418.55K
Contribution refunds$6.17K
Transfers to other committees$305.00K
Cash on hand$5.56M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Brendan F. Boyle campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2014$1,371,504$956,281$415,223
2016$1,088,645$1,042,401$461,467
2018$1,174,515$967,575$668,407
2020$1,560,584$760,250$1,468,741
2022$1,708,550$832,350$2,344,941
2024$2,337,216$843,874$3,838,283
2026$2,451,958$729,723$5,560,518

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $131,561 ·

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $3,178,334. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $47,500
  • ACTBLUE $31,000
  • TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $30,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $30,000
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000
  • SELECT MEDICAL CORPORATION PAC $30,000 · Health
  • SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSOC., INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $30,000
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $27,900
  • FINSECA PAC $27,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $27,500

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • ROCKET COMPANIES $9,900
  • THE DASCHLE GROUP $9,300
  • MASSMUTUAL $8,000
  • CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $7,300
  • GOLDMAN SACHS $6,850
  • VIBRANT CAPITAL PARTNERS $6,600
  • COZEN O'CONNOR $6,600
  • CHARTERHOUSE LLC $6,600
  • PEPSI-COLA & NATIONAL BRAND BEVERAGES $6,600
  • BOSTON BEER COMPANY $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $95 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $3,465 supporting · $210 opposing · 5 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10473Justice for Ukrainian Children ActcosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10397Survivors’ Rights Restitution Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HR 10251Back-to-School Supplies Affordability ActsponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HRES 1511Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of the heroes who answered the call to serve, acknowledging the charitable organizations that continue to support survivors and victims' families, and reaffirming the enduring commitment of the United States to never forget.cosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 10224To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, as the "PFC Edward Kuhn Memorial Post Office".cosponsoredSep 1, 2026
  • HR 10153American Mariner Tax Fairness ActcosponsoredAug 26, 2026
  • HR 10063Green New Deal for Public Housing ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 10060Presidential Tax Accountability and Audit Integrity ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 9988FASTER Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 9874Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HR 9623Protecting Americans’ Health Care Act of 2026sponsoredJul 8, 2026
  • HR 9568HUSTLE ActcosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HRES 1403Expressing the sense of Congress that Medicaid is an important lifeline for the health care of millions of Americans.sponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9542Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2026sponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HRES 1372Remembering kindness in the United States and affirming our commitment to fostering community and building resiliency through every day acts of kindness.cosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9353To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt qualified religious institutions from the excise tax on investment income.cosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HRES 1342Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".cosponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 9036American High-Speed Rail ActcosponsoredMay 25, 2026
  • HR 8955Bipartisan Transparency for American Taxpayers ActcosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8933Dietary Supplements Access ActcosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8914No Taxpayer-Funded Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8910SLUSH FUND Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 18, 2026
  • HR 8888Ending Passenger Rail Forced Arbitration ActcosponsoredMay 18, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

Committee assignments (4)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Boyle most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Boyle, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & campaign money — finance coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which oversees the finance sector, and received 74 PAC contributions from finance-sector political action committees totaling $291,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Ways and Means — Health, which oversee the health sector, and received 57 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $200,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Boyle connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast